Court rules climate crisis is no legal defence as activists lose ‘consent’ argument
ONE of the last remaining defences for protesters who commit criminal damage as an act of civil resistance was removed today.
Under the 1971 Criminal Damage Act, defendants could argue that the property owner would have consented to the damage knowing the circumstances behind the action.
Britain’s attorney general Victoria Prentis KC, asked the Court of Appeal to clarify the law after the acquittal of environmental activists who used the defence last year.
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